Head coach Gregg Popovich (left) talks for his point guard Tony Parker during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

Head coach Gregg Popovich (left) talks for his point guard Tony Parker during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

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Assistant coach Becky Hammon keeps an eye on the action on the floor during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

Assistant coach Becky Hammon keeps an eye on the action on the floor during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

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The Spurs' Silverdancers perform during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

The Spurs' Silverdancers perform during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

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The Spurs' Silverdancers perform during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

The Spurs' Silverdancers perform during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

Spurs' Danny Green goes up for a shot against teammate Kawhi Leonard during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

Spurs' Danny Green goes up for a shot against teammate Kawhi Leonard during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)

Dewayne Dedmon (center) attempts a shot against teammates David Lee (left) and Pau Gasol during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News) less

Dewayne Dedmon (center) attempts a shot against teammates David Lee (left) and Pau Gasol during the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T Center on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio ... more

Head coach Gregg Popovich (center) along with assistant coach Ettore Messina (left) and Vice-president of Basketball Operations Monty Williams observe the Spurs' Silver and Black open scrimmage at the AT&T ... more

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Spurs rookie Davis Bertans showed off his 3-point shooting prowess during Tuesday’s intrasquad scrimmage and made no apologies for the long-range exhibition.

“Actually, I want to shoot every time,” the 6-foot-10 Latvian forward said. “That’s the truth.”

Bertans scored 18 points in 38 minutes, sinking six of his scrimmage-high 11 attempts from 3-point range to help the Silver squad down the Black team 70-68 at the AT&T Center.

“The effort was great,” Popovich said. “They got after each other. It wasn’t brother-in-law time or being nice with each other. They went after each other physically and ran the floor really well. I loved the unselfishness.”

Danny Green was limited to 10 minutes after suffering a hip injury.

“He’s fine,” Popovich said.

LaMarcus Aldridge and Jonathon Simmons sat out the scrimmage for rest reasons.

Fans praised: The Spurs announced that attendance for the free scrimmage was 12,000.

“The place was packed for an intrasquad scrimmage,” Popovich said. “Like (Spurs vice president of basketball operations) Monty Williams said, he’s never seen that many people for an intrasquad scrimmage before. And he’s been at a few places.”

Bertans also marveled at the crowd.

“It was amazing,” Bertans said. “I couldn’t believe it when I walked out before the game. It was wild. I think in some other cities during the season it isn’t that wild and crowded.”

Mixed bag for Leonard: Leonard received love and a snub from the league in the annual NBA.com general managers survey.

Despite being voted the league’s best perimeter defender and best overall defender by the GMs, the forward was not among the top six vote-getters for MVP.

LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant and Paul George all finished ahead of Leonard, who finished second to Curry in the MVP voting last season.

Not that any of it matters to Leonard, who said his goals for the season don’t include winning a third straight league defensive player of the year award.

“For me, I never tried to win the award,” he said. “I was going out making sure my defense was helping the team and that’s all I’ve got to do. Anyone else can have the award. I’m just trying to accomplish having my team be the No. 1 defensive team and offensive team. That’s it.”